First Clip from THE BOURNE LEGACY Starring Jeremy Renner

Even though it’s less than a month away, I keep forgetting The Bourne Legacy exists. It’s not because I’m uninterested in the film. It’s just positioned near the end of the summer, and has been overshadowed by some movie involving a crime fighter dressed as a rodent. But with The Dark Knight Rises finally set to open on Friday, Universal is now beginning to remind audiences that there’s a new Jason Bourne aka “Aaron Cross” (Jeremy Renner) on the block. The studio has released the first clip from the film, and it features a lot of running and screaming before finishing up with an awesome take down of a couple hapless cops.

The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films.

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